Oasis edge.
The sandstorm was raging with wind and sand, and everyone could only hide their heads and faces in clothes and scarves as close to the ground as possible. The woman with the child tightly wrapped the child in her arms, and Lan Zhao also held Xu Xu in a decent manner. Xu, curled up to free up part of his body, and used his body to block the wind and sand outside for him.
After the sandstorm stopped, almost everyone's body was covered with a layer of sand. Fortunately, it didn't last too long. Even so, it was a painful experience for people who had never experienced a sandstorm.
Lan Zhao immediately went to see Xu Xu, fearing that his mouth and nose would be covered by the wind and sand and he would die.
Fortunately, Xu Xu only had a little sand on her face and looked fine.
On the contrary, they were all extremely embarrassed.
Riding a horse against the scorching sun and windy sand is already uncomfortable. It’s hard to describe how uncomfortable it is when there is sand in your hair, ears, and mouth.
The boxes of belongings they carried and some fragmentary, not very solid things were scattered everywhere. People who were driven here by the sandstorm were busy packing their luggage, and then hurried to the oasis to wash their faces.
"Go and wash up." Cheng Suisui and Lan Zhao looked at each other and shook their heads. They were so ugly.
"Ruan Ruan just went to rescue Ban Mei, and there -" Lan Zhao pointed his finger over, and the area in front of him was empty, without a single person.
Everyone was looking for a place to hide just now, and no one noticed who was still in the middle of the road. _o_m
"Where? I'll go find you and take a moment." Shen Xuan said.
"It's at that location. Banmei fell there. They won't be swept to other places by the sandstorm, right?"
"I'll go take a look and Fu Cheng will take care of the horse."
"Okay." Fu Cheng responded.
They had little luggage and the horse seemed fine. After everyone had finished packing, Fu Cheng took the horse to drink water.
Lan Zhao wetted the handkerchief and wiped Xu Xu's body. Xu Xu just burst out crying, as if she had just held it in.
A woman next to her came up and spoke in Wu dialect and said: "Oh, such a small child, why did the girl bring such a small child out? You are too careless as a mother. What if something happens on the way? What should we do?”
Lan Zhao said at a loss: "This is not my child...".ν.
The woman looked at her with wide eyes: "This child looks like she was just born. The little girl is so pretty, isn't she human?"
This was the first time that Lan Zhao was regarded as a human trafficker, and he quickly said: "That's not the case - Xu Xu, it was his mother who got separated from us in the sandstorm just now."
"That's good, that's good. This child is too young to travel long distances. Both adults and children need to rest." The woman patted her chest, her eyes no longer so fierce. After she finished speaking, she turned around and found that her child was there. Wanshui slapped him on the buttocks and cursed: "You brat, why are you still playing with water! It's just a little water, don't drink any water today!"
The little boy, who was three or four years old, hid to the side in aggrieved manner and did not dare to speak.
"Where are you going, little girl?"
Lan Zhao said: "Let's go back to the Central Plains."
"Me too. This trip is really exhausting. I won't come next time if you ask me to come." The woman complained while pulling her silk scarf.
Cheng Suisui came over and asked with a smile: "Sister, where are you from? You speak so nicely."
"We are from the south of the Yangtze River." The woman laughed, "Follow my man for a trip, and take a look at the beauties from the Western Regions."
"It's better to go to Jiangnan. Beauty can just take care of herself. Why go so far away?"
The woman was delighted with the compliment and smiled: "Oh, the little girl is really good at talking. I can't do it anymore. I'm too old. My eldest son is already four years old."
"No way, if my sister hadn't said anything, I would have thought you were his sister."
With Cheng Suisui's unremitting efforts, the woman had a pleasant conversation with them. The woman said that her family was a businessman from Jiangnan, and if she had the chance to go to Jiangnan, she could find her.
Before leaving, the woman gave them some trinkets, a pair of turquoise earrings and a turquoise pendant. The woman said, "I bought these, so we treat them as a meeting."
“Sister, this is too expensive.
. "Cheng Suisui refused.
With a smile on her face, the woman stuffed it into Cheng Suisui's hand and said proudly: "Sister is rich."
When Cheng Suisui refused the woman again, his face became sullen, and he pretended to be unhappy and said, "If you refuse again, you will not give your sister face."
They had no choice but to accept it and said, "Thank you, sister. I still don't know your surname?"
"Tao Jing." Tao Jing directly reported her name. She seemed to be a woman with a big family and no need to rely on a man for her life.
"Thank you, Sister Tao. I am Cheng Suisui, a disciple of Cangshan Mountain, and this is Lan Zhao, the successor of the Medicine Immortal of Wanhua Valley."
Tao Jing had never heard of these Jianghu sects, just like they had never heard of the Jiangnan Tao family. They just met by chance and got to know each other because they had a good conversation. It had nothing to do with their status.
Lan Zhao took a few bottles of blood-tonifying and qi-tonifying medicine and Shengji Powder to Tao Jing and said: "Sister Tao, this is a pill unique to our sect. It is more effective in nourishing blood, qi, muscle, and stopping bleeding. You may be able to use it when you are walking outside. Get on."
Tao Jing reached out and took it without any hesitation. After chatting with a smile for a while, they each packed their things and prepared to set off again.
Shen Xuan first looked back and forth at that place, then squatted down and pushed aside the sand and gravel on the ground with his hands. There was one place that was particularly soft.
He grabbed a handful of sand and sprinkled it on the ground, and the quicksand leaked to a certain location.
Shen Xuan looked carefully and saw that the place looked different from a normal gravel road. He knocked on the stone and found that it was hollow underneath.
This stone can obviously be opened, but it doesn't move at this time.
Something happened.
Shen Xuan retracted his hand and frowned. He didn't know how long it had been. Even if he broke out of this position and chased after him, he might not be able to catch the person who took away Ruan Xianbei. And they didn't know what was underneath. What if their opponent also Thinking of this, what if you set up a trap or poison waiting for them to arrive at your door?
Shen Xuan thought that Miyou had been sent out by her a long time ago. Since she was taken away, it meant that she might be safe for the time being.
As long as the other party doesn't want to take her life immediately, I believe she can cope with the current situation with her intelligence.
Shen Xuan clapped her hands and stood up, walked over to them and said, "Ah Ruan is gone."
What? ! The three of them looked back at Shen Xuan at the same time.
Ruan Xianbei's cultivation should be lower than Shen Xuan, higher than the rest of them, and more powerful than Fu Cheng. Why is he missing?
Shen Xuan's solemn expression made their hearts lift.
"Is Ruan Ruan missing? Then -" An ominous premonition suddenly arose in Lan Zhao's heart.
"The half-plum blossoms are also gone."
Banmei also disappeared. If Lan Zhao still had some doubts at this time and did not believe that Banmei was the one who took Ruan Xianbei away, after all, her newborn child was still in her hands, but Shen Xuan's next words made her have no choice but to Accept the truth.
Shen Xuan continued: "I just discovered that the location was hollow and there was a mechanism underneath. So I guess that when the sandstorm came, someone opened the mechanism and let the two of them fall in and disappear."
There is actually an agency in a place like this.
If it wasn't arranged by myself, how could it fall so coincidentally? What else is there to say?
Banmei lied to them all the way, but if it weren't for the accidental sandstorm, they wouldn't listen to her and avoid coming here.
Lan Zhao hugged Xu Xu and asked, "Is it Banmei?"
Shen Xuan said: "It should be her. Even if there is no sandstorm, she will lead us here, or there may be agencies in other places. It's just that this accidental weather has created a better opportunity for her."
Shen Xuan's guess was already close to ten.
Cheng Suisui became anxious when she heard this. She shouted and said, "Then let's go find him quickly!"
Her voice attracted the attention of many people nearby. Shen Xuan said to her calmly: "Keep your voice down, maybe someone is watching us now."
Cheng Suisui kept silent and asked: "Elder brother, what do you think we should do now?"
"The other party chose to take her away instead of killing her. Ah Ruan should have no safety issues for the time being. Find out who took her away before taking action."
"How are we going to check? You're clueless." Lan Zhao felt a little guilty. Ruan Xianbei must have noticed something strange a long time ago, then.
At this moment, she didn't even want to save Banmei because she insisted on it.
"Leave here first." Shen Xuan looked around and decided to continue walking back as planned.
"Wait a minute." Cheng Suisui suddenly said before leaving. The more people who know Ruan Xianbei, the more chances of finding her.
"Sister Tao!" Cheng Suisui ran over and called Tao Jing.
"What's wrong little girl?"
Cheng Suisui omitted some parts and said: "That's it, a friend of ours got lost together to save the child's mother. If my sister saw a ten-year-old girl and a sixteen- or seventeen-year-old girl on the way, she could tell them Do you want to write to us?"
Tao Jing herself is the mother of two children and has a one-year-old daughter at home. She agreed without hesitation after hearing what Cheng Suisui said.
"Then how can I contact you?"
"If Sister Tao has any news, just go to the biggest inn in the town and leave a message to the innkeeper." This town is the only way to the Western Regions, and Wei Ke told them about this inn, saying that there is If you need to deliver news urgently, you can ask the innkeeper for help.
"Thank you Sister Tao. Our friend's name is Ruan Xianbei. She is very interesting. You will definitely like her if you meet her!"
After thanking Tao Jing again, Cheng Suisui returned to the carriage. Without Ruan Xianbei and Banmei, the carriage suddenly became empty. Shen Xuan rode the carriage, and Fu Cheng rode a horse and followed with another horse. Beside.
"By the way, I haven't seen Brother Mi You yet. @ "
"Mi You sent her out," Shen Xuan said.
Yes, Ruan Xianbei has always been suspicious. It was because they saw how pitiful the orphans and widowed mothers were that they relaxed their vigilance.
Thinking about the whole thing, was it just them who came to Helena Town from the beginning?
The other party knew who was in their group. If Shen Xuan didn't take action, there would be Lan Zhao who was helpless. Instead of asking for help from a man, he would seek help from a woman. No matter what, he would definitely get entangled with them.
Lan Zhao tightened his arms and hugged Xu Xu, praying in his heart that Ruan Ruan would be safe. .
